Nature and Wealth
Overcoming Environmental Scarcity and Inequality
Business & Finance, Economics, Macroeconomics
| Author: | Edward Barbier | ISBN: | 9781137403391 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Edward Barbier |
| ISBN: | 9781137403391 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 22, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.
Drawing on historical and contemporary evidence, this book argues that growing environmental degradation and wealth inequality are linked to how nature is exploited to create economic wealth. Ending the under-pricing of natural capital and insufficient human capital accumulation is essential to overcoming structural imbalance in modern economies.
